How To Crochet An Acorn Cap Necklace (or win one)

We set about gathering acorns to make more necklaces, but found that most of our acorns are loosing their caps on the way down, or on the way home in Aidan's pockets. So I reverse engineered Resurrection Fern's pattern for acorn baskets to make acorn caps.

Materials Needed:

fine gauge crochet yarnsmall crochet hookhot glue gunacorn

Step One:

Chain desired length of necklace. Mine was close to 24 inches. Keep in mind that it will go over your head.

Step Two:

Chain five more, slip stitch to fifth chain from needle to form circle.

Step Three:

One single crochet stitch in each of the five chain stitches to make first round.For the second round, crochet two single crochet stitches in each of the five stitches to make ten stitches.

Step Four:

Single crochet one stitch in each of the ten stitches; work two to three rounds until cap forms and reaches desired size. Slip stitch to finish cap and weave in yarn.

Step Five:

From inside cap, pull the end of the chain through the middle of the cap with the hook, slip stitch inside cap to anchor and weave in end of yarn.

Step Six:

Use a hot glue gun to attach cap to acorn.

Now you have a new accessory to celebrate fall, and a use for all those acorns missing their lovely caps.

But hey, if you're not a hooker but you would still like some fall bling, leave a comment and enter to win an acorn necklace of your own. I will select two winners at the end of the week.

I will be in and out this week, perhaps more out than in while I breathe autumn deeply and prepare our garden for a new season of crops. And of course I'll be picking up more acorns.

66 comments:

Holy Cow, that is the cutest thing ever, you are so clever!Sadly, I don't crochet, and to make matters worse, we are having a hard time finding acorns around these parts, maybe it's still a bit too warm. Have a wonderful week taking in all that cool air!

This is fantastic! I can crochet and have acorns. Inspired by you and your socks, I bought yarn and needles (I told the women in the store about your whittled twig stitch holder) and have been trying...I so wish that you were my neighbor. I succeeded, finally, in following the pattern, but they are very tiny. I'm switching to this! This I can do.

THE cutest thing i've seen so far this Fall...sure to remain a favorite accessory...but sadly i'm not a hooker :( but oh, how i wish i was! i actually have never attempted knitting, only crocheting, and well, forget it.you just make it look effortless, molly :)

From one happy hooker to the next, that is such a cute idea!. I crocheted a necklace this weekend, 3 strands with small beads crocheted in, then braided them together. I'm actually wearing it today at work. We hookers have to stick together with our cool ideas!

So clever and sweet. I love how appropriate these necklaces are for any age. My 3-year-old is falling in more in love with the idea of "dressing up" her outfits with accessories every day. Here is one we could both enjoy! Now, if I only knew how to crochet... maybe you could set up a store on Etsy for those of us who don't win the contest?

while camping the past few days, several times it was said, " all we keep doing is talking about aiden and avery!" even phoenix uncovered a mystery this morning as we were packing up [from site # 15 mind you]!

my camera is being wonky, but i hope to show you soon a few things i've been working on too....we've been filling the acorn caps with felted wool acorns, knitting fingerless mitts and so on....now lets find a good time for you guys to come to our forest and we can do all this together :)

This is adorable! I don't crochet but have the supplies to, so I just might have to teach myself. I'd like to have a chance to win one anyway though. I hope you will share what you are planting this Fall in a future post. Thanks!

ohmigosh, that is so It!! Please, come down to Davis, I'll show you guys our oak grove. some of the acorns are fist-sized & look like sea aneanomies. we get apple gathering baskets & make fairy gardens. the kids go crazy. really, we have bikes for your whole crew!

I'm so jealous...I have tried to teach myself crochet by book and internet several times...alas I am lacking a one-on-one isntructor. My daughters and I take a bucket with us each time we go to our local park. We spend most of the time picking up acorns (or fairy food as they're known in my house) My five year old would LOVE this necklace..if I were ever to share that is!

Oh, my, I leave the blogging world for a few weeks and miss out on so much beauty, including your stunning acorn necklace. And then you went and added to the tutorial and gave me something new to try!! (Your acorns are amazing, by the way. I love the one that looks like a jalapeno!!) I hope you let Resurrection Fern know about it--she loves hearing and seeing how other people have used her tutorials!

Thats a great idea. I dont crocet but this makes me tempted to learn. If only I didn't have half a dozen unfinished knitting projects. Oh well, I have saved this for the future. Thanks for the inspriration!

My 13 y.o. daughter and I both made one! It was a really sweet time learning to crochet together (I grabbed some nice 70's materials my mother left to me). Ours may not be quite as lovely as yours, but we are super happy with them. Now we've got to find some acorns. My plan is to employ the preschoolers next door :)

Very clever just found your blog and love the tutorials i post tutorials on my blog thought if alright with you to post it wed for others so come see your blog.Anyone else with tutorial be happy to post yours too let me know!hugs ginger

these are awesome, and perfect, in so many ways! we're involved in a "secret fairy" gift giving thing through december, and i just know that our recipient family will love the acorn necklaces AND the stick stars. we'll definitely do them both! thanks for the tutorials, and i'm happy to have found your blog.

whew! i just finished 5 acorn necklaces for our secret fairy family. i want to post about it, but don't want to give ourselves away this early in the fun. so, stay tuned and i'll plan to do a post at the end of december with a recap of the treats given and received.

thanks again for the tutorial. i'm sure i'll make more as gifts for other folks as well. they're too good!

we have a stout, chubby acorn up here. it's neat to see the variety. definitely not the long, pointy ones like you have.

This is awesome. I was wondering whether you might be interested in doing a Guest Feature/Pattern at www.FaveCrafts.com. If you are interested, you can reach me via our contact form at the bottom of the page.

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